aristocratic-military family with many artists
Finnish Art Society drawing school (1874-78, Helsinki); with uncle Mikhail Klodt at St Petersburg Academy of Art (1883-86); Académie Julian (1886–91, Paris)
1889 – Boat from Savo wins gold medal at Exposition universelle (Paris)
1890s – affiliated with the Karelian movement that sought to link Finland’s national epic, the Kalevala, to the region of Karelia
1902-28 – art professor at University of Helsinki
Boat from Savo, 1888 (Hämeenlinna Art Museum)
French Wine Shop, 1888 (Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki)
Doing Laundry by the River, 1889 (private collection)
Saimi in the Meadow, 1892